The Ghana Education Service (GES) released the 2024/2025 Academic Calendar for Second Cycle Institutions (Senior High Schools (SHS) in Ghana) and KG/Primary and JHS. The GES Academic Calendar summarizes the academic periods, break times, and end-of-year dates for different forms and school levels.
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Ghana Education Service (GES)
2024/2025 Academic Calendar for Second Cycle Institutions
- Opening Date: The academic year begins on Wednesday, 30th October 2024 for all second-cycle institutions.
- First-Year Students: Incoming first-year students for Single-Track and Transitional Schools will also begin school on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024.
- Continuing Students: All continuing students in Single Track Schools will reopen for the new academic year on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024.
- Transition for Current Students: Current first-year students in Transitional Calendar schools will end their 2023/2024 academic year on Monday, 28th October 2024, and will be promoted to Form Two to continue the new academic year.
- Objective: The aim is to ensure that the school calendar reverts to a September start in future years, and students will sit their WASSCE 2024/2025 in May/June 2025.
- Breaks:
- Break for Eligible Voters: 5th-9th December 2024
- Christmas Break: 20th December 2024 – 2nd January 2025
End of Academic Year for Forms
- Form 3: 29th August 2025
- Form 2: 17th October 2025
- Form 1: 30th August 2025
JHS Academic Calendar
- First Term: 10th September 2024 – 19th December 2024
- Second Term: 8th January 2025 – 17th April 2025
- Third Term: 6th May 2025 – 24th July 2025
Proposed Examination Dates
- WASSCE 2025: July/August
- BECE 2025: June
Academic Calendar for SHS Schools in Ghana 2024/2025
Here’s a detailed academic calendar for second-cycle institutions in Ghana for the 2024/2025 academic year. The table outlines the academic calendar for different forms in second-cycle institutions:
2024/25 Transitional Academic Calendar
| Form | In School | Break/Out of School |
| Form 3 | 3rd Jan. 2025 – 16th April 2025 | 17th April 2025 – 22nd April 2025 |
| 23rd April 2025 – 29th Aug. 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | |
| Form 2 | 30th Oct. 2024 – 5th Dec. 2024 | 6th Dec. 2024 – 9th Feb. 2025 |
| 10th Feb. 2025 – 23rd May 2025 | 24th May 2025 – 27th July 2025 | |
| 28th July 2025 – 17th Oct. 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | |
| Form 1 | 30th Oct. 2024 – 7th Feb. 2025 | 8th Feb. 2025 – 25th May 2025 |
| 26th May 2025 – 25th July 2025 | 26th July 2025 – 30th Aug. 2025 | |
| 31st Aug. 2025 – 17th Oct. 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR |
2024/25 Single Track Academic Calendar
| Form | In School | Break/Out of School |
| Form 3 | 30th Oct. 2024 – 5th March 2025 | 6th March 2025 – 29th March 2025 |
| 30th March 2025 – 29th Aug. 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | |
| Form 2 | 30th Oct. 2024 – 5th March 2025 | 6th March 2025 – 29th March 2025 |
| 30th March 2025 – 29th Aug. 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | |
| Form 1 | 30th Oct. 2024 – 5th March 2025 | 6th March 2025 – 29th March 2025 |
| 30th March 2025 – 29th Aug. 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR |
2024/2025 Academic Calendar for KG/Primary and JHS
| Level | In School | Vacation |
| JHS 3 | 10th Sept. 2024 – 19th Dec. 2024 | 20th Dec. 2024 – 7th Jan. 2025 |
| 8th Jan. 2025 – 17th April 2025 | 18th April 2025 – 5th May 2025 | |
| 6th May 2025 – BECE in July 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR | |
| KG – JHS 2 | 10th Sept. 2024 – 19th Dec. 2024 | 20th Dec. 2024 – 7th Jan. 2025 |
| 8th Jan. 2025 – 17th April 2025 | 18th April 2025 – 5th May 2025 | |
| 6th May 2025 – 24th July 2025 | END OF ACADEMIC YEAR |
